Help bird plucking

My Cinnamon green cheek conure a year and a half ago was brought to the vet for sorta chewing on her feathers by her crop area. I was told she had yeast by the crop and she was given antibiotics and another medication to help keep her calm. It was cured and she stopped nipping at her feathers. Well I recently moved to another state and she was originally put in my bedroom with me before I moved. She now has her own room. She was always put next to my other conure in the bedroom, which she still is. I set up the new room with the same furniture and the same set up for them. I went out of town during the day and stayed overnight. I had left two bowls of food and water for her. I came back today and her chest feathers are completely plucked out. There is bare skin! Feathers were all over the bottom of her cage and all over the floor. I am completely startled since she's never done this. She is taken out and given plently of attention and she has been left for one overnight by herself and this has never happened. She also has plenty of toys, and I have even gotten her a mop head toy to try and focus her chewing when this first started before I took her to the vet that she uses.I did get a new large concrete perch and moved things around in her cage two days before I left. Can this be why? I immediately took it out and rearranged her cage to the way it was when I came back thinking maybe this is the cause. I don't want to cause stress on her if this is it. Or could this be the yeast again acting up worse now? I am bringing her to the vet hopefully tomorrow if they have an opening. But I am just curious to see if you guys can give some insight and a little relief for me. I am panicking since this has never happened to me. Also I peeked in on her while she was in her cage and she seems to be running back and forth on her perch pacing almost like she is anxious? or she could have been just playing but when she was doing that I saw feathers falling to the bottom of the cage.

I would think it could be a combination of things .When you say she has her own room [I would put her in a high traffic area ] .You might have a insecure bird .At least the vet will be able to rule out anything medical. Good luck

It's been a few days. Any updates? Have you taken her back to an avian vet? Got any tests done?

update! she was given baytril for 2 weeks. Since a year ago she was given it and it seemed to help when the vet thought it was yeast on her crop. she cleared up and allowed all her feathers to regrow. The vet didn't find anything wrong with her. and advised they think it is behavioral and advised I give her more play time outside her cage and to give her more foraging then I have, and to give her more foods that make her work harder. Well i did all of that she was doing great but just this past weekend I had family over for the holiday and she started plucking a bit. And gradually each day it has gotten worse, and today she is back to being bare chested! I don't know what to do I am pretty sure this is a true behavioral problem now, cause she wouldn't have let the feathers regrow all the way?

Baytril is an antibiotic. It does not treat yeast infections.


If she is plucking due to behaviors instead of medical, then you need to figure out why she's doing it and help her through it. From the sounds of it, the last time she was plucking was due to stress. It may help to put her in a quiet place when people are over, and likewise, it may help to get her more socialized with strangers without causing undo stress to her.

The issue is trying to find out what is making her.I think it is stress related since we did make a big move. And she is now in her own room with the other bird that has always been with her. Only thing is she started plucking like this 2 months into the move that's why I'm not sure if its cause I'm not in the room with her.